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the
Clarion
vol. 59 no. 24
3900 bethel drive saint paul, minnesora 55112
may 4, 1964
Measures to loose next fall's housing dilemma
by Scott D. Johnson
Director of Housing, Rod
Long, announced lasl Friday
lhat the housing department
will make 142 additional
spaces for those students who
want Belhel housing nexl
year.
Wilh 192 juniors and seniors
on the housing wailing lisl
and a dwindling supply of
lime in ihe semesler, Long
unveiled two plans lo ease Ihe
unexpected demand for housing.
"We've made a commitment
lo Ihe owners of Silvercrest lo
lease building 2030," said
Long. "This aclion will open
58 spaces for upperclassmen."
"We have also made Town
house West available to 84
upperclassmen," said Long.
Long said the result will be
the tripling-up of freshmen in
some of each of the freshmen
residences to make room for
more on-campus upperclassmen.
Long attributes the housing
crunch to three sources. One
is implementation of the Sophomore rule. This rule requires
all sophomores to stay in Bethel housing. This gives Seniors
third, and Juniors last priority after the Freshman and
Sophomores.
The decision behind the
Sophomore rule is based on
studies that show that involvement in residence activities are an important part of
the college learning experience. It is an important part of
personal development. The
program is a progressive one
which allows for more independence and responsibility
as the student gels older and
more mature.
Long says that a second
reason for Ihe housing situation is an unexpected student
demand. "We predict housing
demand from the demands
from years past," said Long.
"Next year's enrollment will
be down from this year but
the demand for housing has
gone up. We thought that we
could house everyone regardless of the Sophomore rule."
In a related point, Long said
that the shortfall is partly due
lo the phasing out of aparl-
Rod Long
ment leases. "With expected
declining enrollment, we
didn't think we could fill the
Silvercrest apartments," Long
said.
Long said that the third
reason for the housing shortfall was partly due to economic motivations through
the phasing out of the Silver
crest apartments. "They were
very expensive for Bethel to
subsidize. This year Bethel
had to subsidize Silvercrest
$380 per student over and
above what the students paid
in rent. This does not include
the costs for bus service. When
Bethel is facing departmental
and faculty budget cuts, we
just couldn't justify this. However, in hindsight, we must
continue our lease with Silvercrest."
"We had great expectations," said Long. "But 192 on
the waiting list is about twice
the number we expected. But
with the two proposals and a
predicted average of 90 cancellations before next fall, we
will find housing for everyone."
Theatre prof, among faculty members to leave
by Rich Gallaher
This the final year of school
at Bethel for many students
and a few facully members.
One of these faculty members
is the presenl chairperson of
the Theatre Arts department,
Dr. Susan Ogden-Malouf.
Susan, a 29 year old native
of Los Angeles, did her undergraduate work al Slanford
University, where she majored in psychology and mi-
nored in Theatre Arts. When
asked why she chose to major
in psychology, she said, "At
that time, women at Stanford,
who didn't know what they
wanted lo major in, majored
in psychology. More importantly, I've always been fascinated wilh the workings of
the human mind; so, psychol-
s>usan Ogden-Maiouf
ogy was a natural choice."
She cites a growing disinterest in psychology and a growing fascinalion with directing
as the forces that prompted
her lo pursue an M.A. and a
Ph.D. in Theatre Arts at
Northwestern University
• • '••••i
where, in a hurry to get
through school, she completed
both degrees in only four
years.
In November of 1979, Susan
applied with the job placement office of the Christian
College Consortium. In the fall
Fieldhouse nears completion
of 1980, only one month after
graduating from Northwestern, she found herself teaching at Belhel. Since coming to
Bethel, she has directed six
plays (The Madwoman of
Chaillot, Much Ado About
Nothing, The House of A (reus,
Condidn, Sarah's Song, and
Behold. Believe.) She says all
of these have taught her many
things.
She leaves Bethel for several reasons, some personal,
but most professional. The
most prominent is her feeling
that she lacks creative freedom here. Says Ogden-
Malouf, "The restrictions on
the types of plays that can be
done here are so vast, and the
amount of time spent defending my art is so vast, that I
can't do the work that I want
to do or the work that will
a
gain respect for me within my
profession." Specifically, she
doesn't feel that she can do
feminist plays, which form a
large part of her current theatrical inlerest. She also wants
to publish a book, but she
feels that publishing is not an
activity strongly supported by
the administration. She believes that the workload Bethel places on its faculty members (in the form of teaching
and committee responsibilities) virtually prohibits teachers from publishing books and
articles. One of her "pet
peeves" is that the Christian
academic circuit separates itself from the academic world
as a whole. The result of this
is that Christian colleges don't
feel that they must live up to
Susan, see page 4
by Larry Torgerson
The large machine edges
forward, raising its mechanical arm, upon which is perched
a man preparing to complete
the next construction lask.
Below, several foremen hover
over a blue-print discussing
some unforeseen complication. Workmen are busy inside
and out. Addilional materials
are arriving to feed ihe flame
of industrious energy.
Whitl am 1 Writing about?
The latest addilion lo Ihe
mclro skyline? No. However,
Ihis word picture might describe many such ambitious
projects. One needs only logo
to the southwest corner of our
very own Belhel campus to
view Bethel's latesl project,
the new fieldhouse.
The buslle of activity and
emerging finished look are encouraging lo those oT us who
were beginning lo wonder if it
mighl ever be completed. This
reporter wenl one slep further
than just viewing the progress. I look my many questions concerning Ihe field-
house to Bethel's athlelic director, George Palke.
Knowing lhat the initial
complelion dale for the structure had already passed on
my calendar, my first questions concerned the new es-
limated time of completion,
and reasons for the delay.
The roof is presently being
pul on, leaving only ihe floor
iefl undone. II will take approximately one month to
complete Ihe floor, including
Fieldhouse, see page 4
Fieldhouse ncars mid-June completion.
Woodward/photo

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the
Clarion
vol. 59 no. 24
3900 bethel drive saint paul, minnesora 55112
may 4, 1964
Measures to loose next fall's housing dilemma
by Scott D. Johnson
Director of Housing, Rod
Long, announced lasl Friday
lhat the housing department
will make 142 additional
spaces for those students who
want Belhel housing nexl
year.
Wilh 192 juniors and seniors
on the housing wailing lisl
and a dwindling supply of
lime in ihe semesler, Long
unveiled two plans lo ease Ihe
unexpected demand for housing.
"We've made a commitment
lo Ihe owners of Silvercrest lo
lease building 2030," said
Long. "This aclion will open
58 spaces for upperclassmen."
"We have also made Town
house West available to 84
upperclassmen," said Long.
Long said the result will be
the tripling-up of freshmen in
some of each of the freshmen
residences to make room for
more on-campus upperclassmen.
Long attributes the housing
crunch to three sources. One
is implementation of the Sophomore rule. This rule requires
all sophomores to stay in Bethel housing. This gives Seniors
third, and Juniors last priority after the Freshman and
Sophomores.
The decision behind the
Sophomore rule is based on
studies that show that involvement in residence activities are an important part of
the college learning experience. It is an important part of
personal development. The
program is a progressive one
which allows for more independence and responsibility
as the student gels older and
more mature.
Long says that a second
reason for Ihe housing situation is an unexpected student
demand. "We predict housing
demand from the demands
from years past," said Long.
"Next year's enrollment will
be down from this year but
the demand for housing has
gone up. We thought that we
could house everyone regardless of the Sophomore rule."
In a related point, Long said
that the shortfall is partly due
lo the phasing out of aparl-
Rod Long
ment leases. "With expected
declining enrollment, we
didn't think we could fill the
Silvercrest apartments," Long
said.
Long said that the third
reason for the housing shortfall was partly due to economic motivations through
the phasing out of the Silver
crest apartments. "They were
very expensive for Bethel to
subsidize. This year Bethel
had to subsidize Silvercrest
$380 per student over and
above what the students paid
in rent. This does not include
the costs for bus service. When
Bethel is facing departmental
and faculty budget cuts, we
just couldn't justify this. However, in hindsight, we must
continue our lease with Silvercrest."
"We had great expectations," said Long. "But 192 on
the waiting list is about twice
the number we expected. But
with the two proposals and a
predicted average of 90 cancellations before next fall, we
will find housing for everyone."
Theatre prof, among faculty members to leave
by Rich Gallaher
This the final year of school
at Bethel for many students
and a few facully members.
One of these faculty members
is the presenl chairperson of
the Theatre Arts department,
Dr. Susan Ogden-Malouf.
Susan, a 29 year old native
of Los Angeles, did her undergraduate work al Slanford
University, where she majored in psychology and mi-
nored in Theatre Arts. When
asked why she chose to major
in psychology, she said, "At
that time, women at Stanford,
who didn't know what they
wanted lo major in, majored
in psychology. More importantly, I've always been fascinated wilh the workings of
the human mind; so, psychol-
s>usan Ogden-Maiouf
ogy was a natural choice."
She cites a growing disinterest in psychology and a growing fascinalion with directing
as the forces that prompted
her lo pursue an M.A. and a
Ph.D. in Theatre Arts at
Northwestern University
• • '••••i
where, in a hurry to get
through school, she completed
both degrees in only four
years.
In November of 1979, Susan
applied with the job placement office of the Christian
College Consortium. In the fall
Fieldhouse nears completion
of 1980, only one month after
graduating from Northwestern, she found herself teaching at Belhel. Since coming to
Bethel, she has directed six
plays (The Madwoman of
Chaillot, Much Ado About
Nothing, The House of A (reus,
Condidn, Sarah's Song, and
Behold. Believe.) She says all
of these have taught her many
things.
She leaves Bethel for several reasons, some personal,
but most professional. The
most prominent is her feeling
that she lacks creative freedom here. Says Ogden-
Malouf, "The restrictions on
the types of plays that can be
done here are so vast, and the
amount of time spent defending my art is so vast, that I
can't do the work that I want
to do or the work that will
a
gain respect for me within my
profession." Specifically, she
doesn't feel that she can do
feminist plays, which form a
large part of her current theatrical inlerest. She also wants
to publish a book, but she
feels that publishing is not an
activity strongly supported by
the administration. She believes that the workload Bethel places on its faculty members (in the form of teaching
and committee responsibilities) virtually prohibits teachers from publishing books and
articles. One of her "pet
peeves" is that the Christian
academic circuit separates itself from the academic world
as a whole. The result of this
is that Christian colleges don't
feel that they must live up to
Susan, see page 4
by Larry Torgerson
The large machine edges
forward, raising its mechanical arm, upon which is perched
a man preparing to complete
the next construction lask.
Below, several foremen hover
over a blue-print discussing
some unforeseen complication. Workmen are busy inside
and out. Addilional materials
are arriving to feed ihe flame
of industrious energy.
Whitl am 1 Writing about?
The latest addilion lo Ihe
mclro skyline? No. However,
Ihis word picture might describe many such ambitious
projects. One needs only logo
to the southwest corner of our
very own Belhel campus to
view Bethel's latesl project,
the new fieldhouse.
The buslle of activity and
emerging finished look are encouraging lo those oT us who
were beginning lo wonder if it
mighl ever be completed. This
reporter wenl one slep further
than just viewing the progress. I look my many questions concerning Ihe field-
house to Bethel's athlelic director, George Palke.
Knowing lhat the initial
complelion dale for the structure had already passed on
my calendar, my first questions concerned the new es-
limated time of completion,
and reasons for the delay.
The roof is presently being
pul on, leaving only ihe floor
iefl undone. II will take approximately one month to
complete Ihe floor, including
Fieldhouse, see page 4
Fieldhouse ncars mid-June completion.
Woodward/photo